GHSA-R2QC-W64X-6J54

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2020-12-30 23:09 – Updated: 2021-01-07 22:32
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Summary
XSS in Vega
Details

Vega is a visualization grammar, a declarative format for creating, saving, and sharing interactive visualization designs. Vega in an npm package. In Vega before version 5.17.3 there is an XSS vulnerability in Vega expressions. Through a specially crafted Vega expression, an attacker could execute arbitrary javascript on a victim's machine.

This is fixed in version 5.17.3

Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "vega"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.17.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-26296"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-12-30T23:08:59Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-12-30T23:15:00Z",
    "severity": "LOW"
  },
  "details": "Vega is a visualization grammar, a declarative format for creating, saving, and sharing interactive visualization designs. Vega in an npm package.\nIn Vega before version 5.17.3 there is an XSS vulnerability in Vega expressions. Through a specially crafted Vega expression, an attacker could\nexecute arbitrary javascript on a victim\u0027s machine.\n\nThis is fixed in version 5.17.3",
  "id": "GHSA-r2qc-w64x-6j54",
  "modified": "2021-01-07T22:32:50Z",
  "published": "2020-12-30T23:09:21Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/vega/vega/security/advisories/GHSA-r2qc-w64x-6j54"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26296"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/vega/vega/issues/3018"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/vega/vega/pull/3019"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/vega/vega/releases/tag/v5.17.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/vega"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "XSS in Vega"
}



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